Here’s some research illustrating part of what’s keeping our economy down.   The first chart below shows there’s been a 25% increase since 2007 in the number of federal employees involved in regulatory activities.  We need to be removing wasteful red-tape, not creating more of it.

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Another troubling sign President Obama’s policies aren’t creating the job opportunities we need. It’s time to stop threatening job creators with tax hikes and put an end to job-killing regulations.

1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed

By Hope Yen | Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work.
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Today the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether or not the individual mandate in ObamaCare is constitutional.  I don’t believe it is, which is one of many reasons I voted against ObamaCare.  If the Supreme Court doesn’t strike down this provision, our only option is to elect a Republican President and Congress that will repeal and replace ObamaCare.  Below is a summary of what is at stake.
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President Obama’s crony-capitalism keeps costing American taxpayers as this Wall Street Journal editorial spells out. The millions spent on the likes of Solyndra and Ener1 will have created NO sustainable jobs. Meanwhile, at NO cost to taxpayers we could build the Keystone XL pipeline, creating thousands of sustainable jobs.
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You can’t blame local leaders in Temecula for feeling betrayed by Gov. Brown and Democrats in Sacramento, who robbed them of a tool to ensure local jobs went to legal workers.  I wrote the law that created E-Verify so businesses would have a simple and free way to make sure the workers they hired were legally here.  I guess Sacramento Democrats are opposed to common-sense solutions.

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Ken Calvert was just named a Taxpayer Hero by the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW).  According to the CCAGW, this is a testament to Ken’s “willingness to stand up for American taxpayers.”  The designation is based on a number of significant votes identified by the CCAGW during the second session of the 111th Congress.
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As this article makes clear, one of the keys to bringing back jobs to our region and country is putting an end to the job-killing regulations that make it tougher to do business here.

Manufacturing could come back to the U.S.

Monday, September 5, 2011

By Jack Katzanek

The Press Enterprise

When Labor Day was established as a federal holiday 117 years ago, workers in the United States made everything from railroad cars to sewing machines. As recently as 1965, manufacturing accounted for 53 percent of the American economy.

By 2004, it was down to 9 percent.
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With just 10 days remaining until Election Day many people are wondering what steps they can take to support Ken Calvert.

Top 10 Things You Can Do To Support Ken Calvert

10 ) Write a letter in support of Ken Calvert and send it in to your local newspaper. For instructions on how to do so, click here.
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As you’ve probably noticed, liberal Democrats have finally realized just how unpopular the Obama-Pelosi agenda has become among the American people.  That is exactly why talking about policies like ObamaCare and the failed stimulus bill is the last thing liberal Democrats want to do.

The article below highlights the election strategy of liberal Democrats – name calling, mudslinging and distorting the truth.  In other words, talking about anything other than the important challenges American families are facing every day.
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With more than 2.3 million Californians looking for a job, I couldn’t agree more with today’s Press Enterprise editorial in support of Prop 23.  Regardless of your point of view on global warming, we should all be able to agree with the fact that one state shouldn’t shoulder the economic burden of a problem that, as its name suggests, is global in nature.
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